January challenge
Last year, more than 50,000 people took part in a creative challenge. Now the invitation to rise to the January challenge is open…
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To National Portfolio Organisations
A copy of Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries' letter to NPOs on December 15, 2021. Dear colleague, I am writing firstly to thank…
Keeping the torch of international cultural co-operation burning
Jonathan Goodacre considers how we can preserve the global ideas exchange that the arts and culture community benefits from so ric…
What are the rules for performing artists coming to the UK?
One year on, artists are still struggling with the legal complexities around performance in the UK. Gary McIndoe explains the deta…
Covid smokescreen conceals true impact of Brexit
Brexit has had a huge emotional impact and has affected the funding, mobility, and partnerships of UK cultural organisations. Char…
Australia and the arts during Covid
Most reports of the plight of the arts during the pandemic have focused on economic analysis. Julian Meyrick asks what the ar…
Flying the flag
This week is the anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. To mark the occasion, the UK arts sector launched Fly T…
A hard time to be a leader
After a hugely successful eight years at the helm at Mountview, its two directors are handing over the reins. Here, Sarah Preece r…
Is the future of digital theatre in the balance?
Over half of publicly subsidised theatres that streamed performances during the pandemic have reverted to in-person performances o…
Breaking down class barriers
Performing arts students from working class backgrounds face considerable barriers to entering the theatre profession. Andrew Muir…
A new wave of leaders
A new Office for Leadership Transition is advocating for more diversified models of cultural leadership. Sandeep Mahal shares the…
Missing voices in culture, health and wellbeing research
In recent years, cultural practitioners have been working in ever more challenging health and social care spaces. Robyn Dowlen loo…
A pernicious culture of unpaid work
For a sector that’s for and by people, why do we find it so hard to invest in the very thing that makes us? asks Sara Whybre…
Council and cultural sector collaboration
How do local authorities and arts organisations work together to bid for a year-long festival? Liz Dart and Gavin Barlow…
Building meaningful participation
Research suggests that organisations are feeling an increased urgency to deepen connections with the communities they serve,…
Co-creating change
How do we enable people to create real change through art and culture? David Price believes it's through harnessing the &lsquo…
Shaping a city
Jon Davis explores how Coventry’s history is a map to its artistic and cultural future.
Captions speak louder
As part of Captioning Awareness Week, Melanie Sharpe is campaigning to raise awareness of access to the arts for deaf, d…
75 years of Arts Council and the amateur arts
As he reflects on Arts Council England’s 75th anniversary, Robin Simpson thinks it’s not unfair to say it has never qu…
Can corporate sponsorship be part of the environmental agenda?
As arts organisations struggle with post-Covid recovery, Michelle Wright asks whether sponsorship can grow in this economic climat…
Do artists hold the key for achieving COP26 goals?
We need to think about how to live in a broken world, and how to begin to mend it. Christopher Smith says the arts and h…
From cultural participation to cultural ownership
Many organisations seek to put community at the heart of their work. But Maddy Mills asks why is it important and what does it act…
Creating safe and inclusive workspaces in theatre
As a new code of conduct is launched for the theatre industry, Sebastian Cheswright Cater makes the case for the journey the secto…
We need more content specialists in the arts
The pandemic has forced cultural organisations to develop their digital infrastructure and programming. But, as Zosia Poulter argu…
